Mamlūk Studies Review, Vol. XXVII (2024) now available on Knowledge@UChicago

The twenty-seventh volume of Mamlūk Studies Review, an open access journal devoted to the study of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and Syria (648–922/1250–1517), is now available on Knowledge@UChicago, the digital institutional repository for the University of Chicago.

Black and white photo of bridge river, and banks
General view of the bridge, showing added arch on the eastern bank of the river. Note remains of khān on the far right. Caption reads: “Jordan near Mishmar haYarden.” Yechiel Zehavi Collection, Shoshana and Asher Halevi photo archive, Yitzhak Ben Zvi (YBZ_0045_182).

Vol. XXVII is a special festschrift issue entitled “Mamluks and Mongols: Studies in Honor of Reuven Amitai.” It was prepared on the occasion of the retirement of Prof. Reuven Amitai, Eliyahu Elath Professor for Muslim History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and noted Mamluk studies scholar. Prof. Amitai’s many students and colleagues contributed articles on social, political, cultural, religious, legal, and archaeological topics relating to the Mamluks, the Mongols, and the relations between them.

Questions concerning Mamlūk Studies Review can be directed to Marlis J. Saleh, Editor and Bibliographer for Middle Eastern Studies. For more information about Knowledge@UChicago and related services, please use this form to contact the repository personnel.

The decree
The decree (sheets 2–3) (ISAC, no. E13788). Courtesy of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, Chicago.